The Alston Wilkes Society is governed by a Board of Directors of 18 members from across the Carolinas. Board members are elected for a three-year term and can be re-elected for one additional three year term after which they must rotate off of the board for at least one year before serving again, unless they are serving an unexpired term, in which case they can still serve two full three year terms.
Our Board Officers
Rev. Stephen Taylor
Past Board President
Senior Pastor, Union United Methodist Church
Clay Catoe
Board Secretary
Director of Lancaster County EMS
Jay Dowd, PhD
Board President
CEO, The Citadel Foundation
Our Board Members
Vicky L. Edwards
Board Member
Placement Director, Faces Inc.
Dr. Julia Boyd
Board Member
Retired, District 2 Education Administrator
Dickie Brunson
Board Member
Retired, Chief US Probation Officer
Andrew Cole, Esq.
Board Treasurer
Collins and Lacy, P.C.
Chris Cowan
Board Member
Chief of Police, Cayce Police Department
Jeffrey Jones
Board Member
Deputy Adjutant General of SC
Mitch Lucas
Board Member
Retired, Assistant Sheriff, Charleston County
Gary Maynard
Board Vice President
Retired, Commissioner of SC Department of Corrections
Amber Morgan
Board Member
Department Chair, Greenville Technical College
Past Board Presidents
Bob Jeter*
Rev. Claude McIntosh*
Rhett Jackson
Paul Bendt
Dr. Harris Parker*
Betty McKellar*
Ellis MacDougall*
J.W. Witherspoon*
Allan Shurr*
Dr. Joanne Fraser
Rallie Seigler
Rev. Dr. David Donges
Mark Taylor, Esq.
Claude Huguley*
John Bourne
Maurice Halloway
Nancy Godbold
Dr. Sylvia Clark
Robert Barber
Bill McDonald
The Honorable Mary Clark
Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea
Rev. Dr. James Adams
W.H. Nicholson, III, Esq.
Founder
Rev. Eli Alston Wilkes*
First Executive Director
Parker Evatt
* Indicates this person is now deceased